RACE AROUND THE WORLD Which strategy will you use? FARTHEST = MOST MILES
FASTEST = FEWEST DAYS
Use money to travel
Must stay within your budget
Choose your method of travel remembering the cost and the amount of time needed to WIN.
Letter about travel:
Wedding
Festival
Funeral
Main Water source
Food
Weather throughout the country
War
Schools
Indigenous people of the country
Famous people from the country
Famous historical event from the country
Famous landmark from the country
Choose one of the these topics to research and write about in the country where you are now.
Wordle project
1. Open your typed documents of wrods describing you.
2. Open this website Wordle
3. Using your mouse copy and paste into the Wordle blank space
4. Click on the 'CREATE' button.
5. Change the font, color, and layout.
6. For the BW version click on the 'PRINT' button on the bottom of the page.
To get a color version of your wordle:
1. follow steps 1-5 above.
2. With the wordle screen centered on your monitor hold down the 'ALT' button and the 'PRINT SCREEN' button. Click 'copy'.
3. Open a WORD document.
4. Using the right button on your mouse click 'paste'.
5. Now for resizing:
double click on the image
when the photo toolbar opens click on 'crop' and delete all of the extra borders on your image
click on the circles on each corner of the image and draw them out to get a larger sized image
6. 'Save as' into your LIBRARY ARTS folder and rename the document: colorwordle_name
7. Drop into 7th grade dropbox.
Book Review What is 'podcasting'
An example of a podcast
Needed web tools:
Audacity (find on compugter through the 'START' menu)
Lame file (go into McQuinn 7th grade dropbox to find file)
1. import all of your photos
2. rearrange them into the correct sequence.
3. Add blank slides and type in text (only in the title box, not the sub-title box)
4. Put the text slides in front of the correct photos.
5. Be sure to put one slide at the beginning with the career and first name.
Evaluating Websites
Working with your partner use the handout, choose three websites from below, and evaluate them.
8. Let's explore purchasing a car. Go to this website and find a car. Buy a car
9. Now let's find out how much it will cost you each month. Go to this web site and follow the steps below to fiugre the monthly cost of the car. Calculate the monthly cost of car
a. cost of car from Autotrader
b. Loan term = 5 years
c. Interest rate = 7
Can you afford this car? Look at your budget and decide.
10. Buy a car that fits into your budget. Create a car document. See the requirements below.
Many different ways that Technology is working in our world today:
Intel computers
RACE AROUND THE WORLD
Which strategy will you use?
FARTHEST = MOST MILES
FASTEST = FEWEST DAYS
Letter about travel:
Wedding
Festival
Funeral
Main Water source
Food
Weather throughout the country
War
Schools
Indigenous people of the country
Famous people from the country
Famous historical event from the country
Famous landmark from the country
Choose one of the these topics to research and write about in the country where you are now.
Websites you will need:
Miles calculations
World maps
Souvenirs
Souvenirs Click on 'Things to Do'
Wordle project
1. Open your typed documents of wrods describing you.
2. Open this website Wordle
3. Using your mouse copy and paste into the Wordle blank space
4. Click on the 'CREATE' button.
5. Change the font, color, and layout.
6. For the BW version click on the 'PRINT' button on the bottom of the page.
To get a color version of your wordle:
1. follow steps 1-5 above.
2. With the wordle screen centered on your monitor hold down the 'ALT' button and the 'PRINT SCREEN' button. Click 'copy'.
3. Open a WORD document.
4. Using the right button on your mouse click 'paste'.
5. Now for resizing:
double click on the image
when the photo toolbar opens click on 'crop' and delete all of the extra borders on your image
click on the circles on each corner of the image and draw them out to get a larger sized image
6. 'Save as' into your LIBRARY ARTS folder and rename the document: colorwordle_name
7. Drop into 7th grade dropbox.
Book Review
What is 'podcasting'
An example of a podcast
Needed web tools:
What is 'Blogging' Blogging in Plain English
GoogleEarth Project:
Wiki for the GoogleEarth game
Form for collection of details:
Layers needed for GoogleEarth game
My Future Career Project
Videos
Animoto
user name: 2012howell@gmail.com
password: howell
1. import all of your photos
2. rearrange them into the correct sequence.
3. Add blank slides and type in text (only in the title box, not the sub-title box)
4. Put the text slides in front of the correct photos.
5. Be sure to put one slide at the beginning with the career and first name.
Evaluating Websites
Working with your partner use the handout, choose three websites from below, and evaluate them.
What is the name of a spreading disease in Africa?
Africa
Africa
Africa
The U.S. started military excerises with which country?
News
News
News
What is the name of the king of Spain?
Spain
Spain
Spain
Who was the first governor of Colorado?
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
When was soccer first played?
History of Soccer
History of Soccer
History of Soccer
Online Learning
Learning Company
Career Unit
Open the budget and save to your account.
1. Choose a career. Career website
2. Calculate your monthly salary.
3. Add details to your budget.
4. Determine the total cost and monthly cost of your house.
Calulate total cost of house
5. Using the website buy a house in your price range.
Buy a house
6. Create a 'House' document with the photo of your house and the details of the house.
Housing Document requirements:
Sample of housing document
7. Figure the exact monthly cost of your house and put it into your budget.
Caluculate mortgage payment
8. Let's explore purchasing a car. Go to this website and find a car. Buy a car
9. Now let's find out how much it will cost you each month. Go to this web site and follow the steps below to fiugre the monthly cost of the car. Calculate the monthly cost of car
a. cost of car from Autotrader
b. Loan term = 5 years
c. Interest rate = 7
Can you afford this car? Look at your budget and decide.
10. Buy a car that fits into your budget. Create a car document. See the requirements below.
Car Document requirements:
When You have finished typing your vocabulary and your blog you may go to one of these sites:
typing
typing
typing
Technology Video
Student Showcase
Career Videos
Andrea
Denisse
Esthela
Lincy
DeJanae
Zandon
Ricardo
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